Telephone hygiene - Page 2

glatt · 04-16-2008, 03:49 PM

Sure, but there are some common sense approaches one should take, like always washing hands before eating.

kerosene · 04-16-2008, 05:42 PM

I always wash my hands before cooking, after handling raw meat or eggs, or tuna fish, after Tae Kwon Do and after using a public bathroom. I don't care much about most bathroom seats. I usually assess (haha) the bathroom, though, before deciding whether that is an unwise choice. And if it is an unwise choice, I often do it anyway...I don't know why. I guess I feel it is not cool to have a seat right there and have to hover above it and risk peeing all over the back of my pants. So, I will usually just wipe it down, "just in case." Oh, and I only freak out about other people's food/drinks if they are notably poor about their hygiene or sick.

DucksNuts · 04-15-2008, 11:13 PM

I dont sterilise.

I am really anal about washing my hands, the kids hands and I compulsively clean floors.

Oh...and Im super stupidly anal about cleaning after handling raw chicken....

Anything else....dont care....its all *building the immune system*.

Razzmatazz13 · 04-15-2008, 11:25 PM

I work as a cashier...meaning every diseased gross person you can think of wanders through my line at any point. I touch their diseased money from their grimy hands, punch the amount onto my disgusting keyboard, and make change with other filthy money, to hand back to them. Repeat.

We have ONE bottle of hand sanitizer, it's behind the service desk...and only the people who work the service desk really use it.

Anyone can be at any register at any point in the day, and two registers share one phone. It wasn't until about halfway through my first summer, that I realized our registers aren't actually grey, they're tan. So much gunk had accumulated on them that they had CHANGED COLOR...at that point I went through and methodically cleaned every register, keyboard, phone, drawer handle, cabinet, printer, etc...anything that I thought someone was going to touch, I cleaned.

I still sterilize everything when I have downtime, they tease me about it, but seriously when there's so much gunk on your keyboard that the paper towel you're using to clean it changes color and starts to fall apart, you need to do some work.

SteveDallas · 04-16-2008, 08:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Razzmatazz13

I still sterilize everything

Does your bf know about this?

monster · 04-16-2008, 07:10 AM

Oh yeah, raw chicken. Much scrubbing of the hands after that.

Sundae · 04-16-2008, 08:10 AM

I'm just filthy.
I will even eat something I've offered to the cats to sniff, although I draw the line if they've licked it

In fact last night I allowed two strangers a sip of my strawberry beer and had no problems drinking it afterwards.

Razzmatazz13 · 04-16-2008, 10:46 AM

He thinks it's funny

lookout123 · 04-16-2008, 11:34 AM

He won't if you don't warn him before he feels the scalpel.

Flint · 04-16-2008, 12:05 PM

Trashcans with lids. That you have to touch to get the trash in there. WTF?

I use one paper towel to push the lid open, and then I wedge that one in the opening.

Another problem: when the trash-can-with-a-lid is too far away from the door of the bathroom to put the paper towel that I open the door with in there. Sorry, but you leave me no choice but to throw that last paper towel on the floor on the way out.

Yeah, I don't touch the doorknobs on bathrooms. Or the faucet handles. Or anything.

Shawnee123 · 04-16-2008, 12:08 PM

I use the towel I used to dry my hands to push the auto-door opener in the restrooms here at the college. Because, seriously, some people are just gross!

Cicero · 04-16-2008, 02:00 PM

I would like to offer another thread title without making it another thread:

Telephone Hi Genie.
*sorry go on about your bizz*

Shawnee123 · 04-16-2008, 02:13 PM

Is there any way you could fit "flaming hot dinner" in there, Cic?

Cloud · 04-16-2008, 02:42 PM

Cleaning your phone is very important if you have fresh, healing ear or facial piercings.

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04-15-2008, 11:25 PM	#4
Razzmatazz13 Vicariously, I live... Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: USA Posts: 1,221	I work as a cashier...meaning every diseased gross person you can think of wanders through my line at any point. I touch their diseased money from their grimy hands, punch the amount onto my disgusting keyboard, and make change with other filthy money, to hand back to them. Repeat. We have ONE bottle of hand sanitizer, it's behind the service desk...and only the people who work the service desk really use it. Anyone can be at any register at any point in the day, and two registers share one phone. It wasn't until about halfway through my first summer, that I realized our registers aren't actually grey, they're tan. So much gunk had accumulated on them that they had CHANGED COLOR...at that point I went through and methodically cleaned every register, keyboard, phone, drawer handle, cabinet, printer, etc...anything that I thought someone was going to touch, I cleaned. I still sterilize everything when I have downtime, they tease me about it, but seriously when there's so much gunk on your keyboard that the paper towel you're using to clean it changes color and starts to fall apart, you need to do some work. __________________ I have some people I need to have smoted. ~ SteveDallas

04-16-2008, 07:10 AM	#6
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Oh yeah, raw chicken. Much scrubbing of the hands after that. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

04-16-2008, 08:10 AM	#7
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I'm just filthy. I will even eat something I've offered to the cats to sniff, although I draw the line if they've licked it In fact last night I allowed two strangers a sip of my strawberry beer and had no problems drinking it afterwards. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

04-16-2008, 10:46 AM	#8
Razzmatazz13 Vicariously, I live... Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: USA Posts: 1,221	He thinks it's funny __________________ I have some people I need to have smoted. ~ SteveDallas

04-16-2008, 03:49 PM	#1
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Sure, but there are some common sense approaches one should take, like always washing hands before eating.

04-16-2008, 05:42 PM	#2
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	I always wash my hands before cooking, after handling raw meat or eggs, or tuna fish, after Tae Kwon Do and after using a public bathroom. I don't care much about most bathroom seats. I usually assess (haha) the bathroom, though, before deciding whether that is an unwise choice. And if it is an unwise choice, I often do it anyway...I don't know why. I guess I feel it is not cool to have a seat right there and have to hover above it and risk peeing all over the back of my pants. So, I will usually just wipe it down, "just in case." Oh, and I only freak out about other people's food/drinks if they are notably poor about their hygiene or sick.

04-15-2008, 11:13 PM	#3
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	I dont sterilise. I am really anal about washing my hands, the kids hands and I compulsively clean floors. Oh...and Im super stupidly anal about cleaning after handling raw chicken.... Anything else....dont care....its all building the immune system.

04-16-2008, 11:34 AM	#9
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	He won't if you don't warn him before he feels the scalpel. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

04-16-2008, 12:05 PM	#10
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	thread drift Trashcans with lids. That you have to touch to get the trash in there. WTF? I use one paper towel to push the lid open, and then I wedge that one in the opening. Another problem: when the trash-can-with-a-lid is too far away from the door of the bathroom to put the paper towel that I open the door with in there. Sorry, but you leave me no choice but to throw that last paper towel on the floor on the way out. Yeah, I don't touch the doorknobs on bathrooms. Or the faucet handles. Or anything. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

04-16-2008, 12:08 PM	#11
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I use the towel I used to dry my hands to push the auto-door opener in the restrooms here at the college. Because, seriously, some people are just gross! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

04-16-2008, 02:00 PM	#12
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	I would like to offer another thread title without making it another thread: Telephone Hi Genie. sorry go on about your bizz __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

04-16-2008, 02:13 PM	#13
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Is there any way you could fit "flaming hot dinner" in there, Cic? Attached Images __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

04-16-2008, 02:42 PM	#14
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Cleaning your phone is very important if you have fresh, healing ear or facial piercings. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

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